Analysis of If Not For Madness
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Common sense makers,
Attempting to speak intelligently...
About how best to end a crisis,
Are not too popular these days.
Since the time has arrived,
To welcome incompetence...
As the current rage today.
And...
Who knew it would be,
Mediocrity to crave the appearance of it.
Everywhere.
To stare at it as if captivated.
In appreciation of its presence.
Raising goosebumps on the arms,
Of deceivers deluded to fiction themselves...
Blessed to become notorious.
Self anointed heroes!
If not for madness.
And the ease today to display one's craze?
Those who have been elected and picked,
As leaders...
To represent the interests,
Of their constituents.
With a priority to emphasize...
The significance of their endeavors made.
Nothing at all could they say done to do,
Had been accomplished to prove...
The capabilities of their mental abilities!
Scheme | ABCDXEXXBXXXE XXCX CDXAXXXXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110 0101101000 011111010 11110011 101101 1100100 1010101 0 11111 010011001011 10 111111100 000101110 101101 1101011001 11010100 101010 11110 0010110111 111101001 110 101010 110100 100100110 00100110101 1011111111 1101011 0010011100100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 846 |
Words | 165 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 13, 4, 11 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 222 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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